Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a partial stay of the district court’s order in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Mifepristone is a safe and effective medication used in abortion care, including miscarriage treatment,… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) joined 239 other Democratic members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  The brief supports the Biden administration’s appeal of the Northern District of Texas ruling that suspends the… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Pat Ryan (NY-18) introduced the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, to reaffirm that Mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, was appropriately approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and that this approval preempts any state law seeking to prohibit or restrict access to the abortion… Read more »

Democrats are gearing up for a fight over the right to access abortion pills. Over half of US abortions are performed using medication, and abortion access, already restricted in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, is now again at risk. Two federal courts have now issued conflicting rulings on the Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 decision to approve… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers are mobilizing in the wake of the decision in Texas that threw access to the so-called abortion pill into flux Friday, introducing legislation Monday to protect access to the most widely used form of abortion in the U.S. Reps. Pat Ryan of New York and Lizzie Fletcher of Texas will introduce the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act on Monday during a pro… Read more »

Voting rights are in danger and so are the reproductive rights of women. That’s some of what Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D) 7th said on this week’s Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall. She is the Whip of the Pro-Choice Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives. She says the work that needs to be done nationally and in the state of Texas. “There was a poll that came out… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas released a decision in Alliance Defending Freedom v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration issuing a preliminary injunction that stays the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) approval of medication for the termination of… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) reintroduced the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, with Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and more than 150 original co-sponsors.  Her legislation, which passed the House in the last Congress, protects the constitutional right to travel across state lines, including for… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) joined Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision in Tallahassee, Florida, a battleground state in the fight for abortion access.  “I was honored to join Vice President Harris in Florida today as she delivered an important,… Read more »

Today, the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus announced that Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) will serve as Whip of the Pro-Choice Caucus, a coalition of Members in the U.S. House of Representatives who are working to preserve, protect, and advance policies that ensure reproductive autonomy.  The Pro-Choice Caucus is led by co-Chairs Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Barbara Lee… Read more »